Van Dyke Parks – Song Cycle (1968) – LP
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Sundazed Music – LP 5140
A commercial flop but a critical cult classic, Song Cycle is a lush, surreal, and dizzyingly intricate album — equal parts Americana, Dadaist poetry, show tunes, classical composition, and acid-fried whimsy. It’s the sound of postmodern pop in 1967, decades ahead of its time. If Brian Wilson’s Smile was a psychedelic dream of America, Song Cycle is its literary cousin — denser, darker, and more cryptic. Van Dyke Parks described Song Cycle as a “portrait of America” — and it truly is, but refracted through broken mirrors and 19th-century novels.
A commercial flop but a critical cult classic, Song Cycle is a lush, surreal, and dizzyingly intricate album — equal parts Americana, Dadaist poetry, show tunes, classical composition, and acid-fried whimsy. It’s the sound of postmodern pop in 1967, decades ahead of its time. If Brian Wilson’s Smile was a psychedelic dream of America, Song Cycle is its literary cousin — denser, darker, and more cryptic. Van Dyke Parks described Song Cycle as a “portrait of America” — and it truly is, but refracted through broken mirrors and 19th-century novels.
20,00 €
